The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the StateGleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)
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The Plants of Michigan: Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State
Gleason, Henry A. (Henry Allan)
Plants -- Michigan
20a. Stamens 5 (leaves mostly basal; flowers greenish or purplish
in late spring, on stalks 5-10 dm. high) (Alum Root) --21.
20b. Stamens 10 (flowers white, in spring) --23.
21a. Flowers regular =Alum Root, Heuchera americana.=
21b. Flowers irregular, the calyx oblique, longer on the upper side than
on the lower --22.
22a. Stamens projecting beyond the calyx
=Alum Root, Heuchera hirsuticaulis.=
22b. Stamens not projecting beyond the calyx
=Alum Root, Heuchera hispida.=
23a. Stem-leaves alternate or none --24.
23b. Stem with a pair of opposite leaves (2-4 dm. high)
=Bishop's Cap, Mitella diphylla.=
24a. Petals deeply fringed (1-2 dm. high)
=Bishop's Cap, Mitella nuda.=
24b. Petals entire (1-3 dm. high)
=False Mitrewort, Tiarella cordifolia.=
HAMAMELIDACEAE, the Witch Hazel Family
Shrubs, with alternate simple leaves; sepals, petals, and stamens each
4; ovary 2-lobed.
One species in Michigan; tall shrub with obovate leaves and yellow
flowers appearing late in autumn =Witch Hazel, Hamamelis virginiana.=
PLATANACEAE, the Plane Tree Family
Trees, with broad, palmately veined and lobed leaves, and minute flowers
in dense spherical heads.
One species in Michigan =Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis.=
ROSACEAE, the Rose Family
Trees, herbs, or shrubs, with alternate, frequently compound leaves;
petals and sepals usually 5, stamens numerous, pistils 1 to many;
receptacle expanded into a saucer-shape or cup-shape organ, bearing the
sepals, petals, and stamens at its margin, the pistils at its center,
and resembling a calyx-tube or flattened calyx.
1a. Shrubs or trees --2.
1b. Herbaceous plants --48.
2a. Leaves compound --3.
2b. Leaves simple --24.
3a. Flowers in large panicles or corymbs, each flower 5-10 mm. across;
leaflets 7 or more --4.
3b. Flowers solitary or in small clusters, each flower usually 20-80 mm.
wide; leaflets frequently only 3 or 5 --7.
4a. Flowers in a pyramidal or oblong panicle, the ovaries superior
(1-2 m. high; flowers white, in summer) --70b.
4b. Flowers in rounded or hemispheric clusters, the ovary inferior
--5.
5a. Leaves pubescent on the lower surface
=Rowan Tree, Pyrus aucuparia.=
5b. Leaves glabrous beneath when mature (small trees; flowers white, in
early summer or late spring) (Mountain Ash) --6.
6a. Leaves acuminate at the apex =Mountain Ash, Pyrus americana.=
6b. Leaves obtuse or acute at the apex
=Mountain Ash, Pyrus sitchensis.=
7a. Flowers yellow (5-10 dm. high; summer)
=Cinquefoil, Potentilla fruticosa.=
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